Nebius
vs
Salad
What's good about each
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Nebius | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Nebius offers 8 GPU models, while Salad offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nebius | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
B300
1 config
|
$9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
B200
1 config
|
$8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
RTX 5090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.25 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 4090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.09 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 5060 Ti
2 configs
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3060
4 configs
|
-- | $0.03 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
Nebius bills on-demand and spot; Salad bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Nebius | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type I, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Nebius | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | USA |
| Locations | 10 | -- |
| Example customers | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai |
| Website | nebius.com | salad.com |
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Our data for Nebius was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Salad on Oct. 2, 2026.